"cremation ghats"

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9 December 2022

Relatives sprinkle holy water over the body of an elderly man to be cremated along the bank of the Bagmati River at Pashupatinath in Nepal. According to Hindu religion and traditions the dead must be cremated. Bodies are cremated according to custom and the ashes and remains are swept into the holy waters. The Bagmati runs into the Ganges further South and is considered equally holy to Hindus. The complex at Pashupatinath is the holiest Hindu site in Nepal.

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#9299292

9 December 2022

A woman stands by her father's body to be cremated along the bank of the Bagmati River at Pashupatinath in Nepal. According to Hindu religion and traditions the dead must be cremated. Bodies are cremated according to custom and the ashes and remains are swept into the holy waters. The Bagmati runs into the Ganges further South and is considered equally holy to Hindus. The complex at Pashupatinath is the holiest Hindu site in Nepal.

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#9299306

9 December 2022

The body of an elderly man to be cremated along the bank of the Bagmati River at Pashupatinath in Nepal. According to Hindu religion and traditions the dead must be cremated. Bodies are cremated according to custom and the ashes and remains are swept into the holy waters. The Bagmati runs into the Ganges further South and is considered equally holy to Hindus. The complex at Pashupatinath is the holiest Hindu site in Nepal.

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#9299322

9 December 2022

Relatives take photographs with their mobile phones before the body of an elderly man is cremated at the bank of the Bagmati River at Pashupatinath in Nepal. According to Hindu religion and traditions the dead must be cremated. Bodies are cremated according to custom and the ashes and remains are swept into the holy waters. The Bagmati runs into the Ganges further South and is considered equally holy to Hindus. The complex at Pashupatinath is the holiest Hindu site in Nepal.

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#9299330

9 December 2022

A man adds wood to the funeral pyre of a high-caste man of importance who is being cremated along the bank of the Bagmati River at Pashupatinath in Nepal. According to Hindu religion and traditions the dead must be cremated. Bodies are cremated according to custom and the ashes and remains are swept into the holy waters. The Bagmati runs into the Ganges further South and is considered equally holy to Hindus. The complex at Pashupatinath is the holiest Hindu site in Nepal.

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#9299338

9 December 2022

A man adds wood to the funeral pyre of a high-caste man of importance who is being cremated along the bank of the Bagmati River at Pashupatinath in Nepal. According to Hindu religion and traditions the dead must be cremated. Bodies are cremated according to custom and the ashes and remains are swept into the holy waters. The Bagmati runs into the Ganges further South and is considered equally holy to Hindus. The complex at Pashupatinath is the holiest Hindu site in Nepal.

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#9299342

9 December 2022

Relatives surround the body of an elderly man to be cremated along the bank of the Bagmati River at Pashupatinath in Nepal. According to Hindu religion and traditions the dead must be cremated. Bodies are cremated according to custom and the ashes and remains are swept into the holy waters. The Bagmati runs into the Ganges further South and is considered equally holy to Hindus. The complex at Pashupatinath is the holiest Hindu site in Nepal.

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#7658416

19 January 2022

Crematorium staff carry the body of a Covid-19 victim for cremation at Nimtala Ghat crematorium in Kolkata,India, Wednesday on 19th January,2022.

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#7462550

30 November 2021

Smoke from a body being cremated seen amongst the many chaityas and other buildings in the Hindu temple complex at Pashupatinath, Nepal. In the background smoke rises from the cremation ghats as a body is cremated by the bank of the Bagmati River. The complex at Pashupatinath is the holiest Hindu site in Nepal.

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#7462552

30 November 2021

Smoke from a body being cremated seen amongst the many chaityas and other buildings in the Hindu temple complex at Pashupatinath, Nepal. In the background smoke rises from the cremation ghats as a body is cremated by the bank of the Bagmati River. The complex at Pashupatinath is the holiest Hindu site in Nepal.

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#7462548

30 November 2021

Relatives wait at a funeral pyre along the bank of the Bagmati River for a body to finish burning during a cremation at Pashupatinath in Nepal. According to Hindu religion and traditions the dead must be cremated. To burn a body fully takes an estimated 4 hours and hundreds of kilos of wood using butter as fuel. Along the Bagmati River next to the Pashupatinath Temple complex are ten allocated spaces for cremation and all day funerals are being held. The bodies are cremated according to custom and the ashes and remains are swept into the holy waters. The Bagmati runs into the Ganges further South and is considered equally holy to Hindus.

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#7324228

3 November 2021

Chaityas stand amongst other buildings in the Hindu temple complex at Pashupatinath in Nepal, on December 05, 2011. Pashupatinath Temple is one of the most significant Hindu temples of Lord Shiva in the world, located on the banks of the Bagmati River in the eastern part of Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. The temple served as the seat of the national deity, Lord Pashupatinath, Nepal is a secular country. The temple is one of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams (Holy Abodes of Shiva on the continent). Hindus alone are allowed to enter the temple premises.

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#6936634

6 August 2021

Cremation ghats along the bank of the Bagmati River at Pashupatinath in Kathmandu, Nepal, on December 10, 2011. The Bagmati runs into the Ganges further South and is considered equally holy to Hindus. The complex at Pashupatinath is the holiest Hindu site in Nepal.

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#6936668

6 August 2021

Cremation ghats along the bank of the Bagmati River at Pashupatinath in Kathmandu, Nepal, December10, 2011. According to Hindu religion and traditions the dead must be cremated. Bodies are cremated according to custom and the ashes and remains are swept into the holy waters. The Bagmati runs into the Ganges further South and is considered equally holy to Hindus. The complex at Pashupatinath is the holiest Hindu site in Nepal.

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#6936624

6 August 2021

Woman lights incense by a body to be cremated at the steps leading to the bank of the Bagmati River at the Pashupatinath cremation ghats in Kathmandu, Nepal, on December 10, 2011. According to Hindu religion and traditions the dead must be cremated. Bodies are cremated according to custom and the ashes and remains are swept into the holy waters. The Bagmati runs into the Ganges further South and is considered equally holy to Hindus. The complex at Pashupatinath is the holiest Hindu site in Nepal.

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#6936626

6 August 2021

Body on a stretcher waiting to be cremated rests along the steps leading to the bank of the Bagmati River at the Pashupatinath cremation ghats in Kathmandu, Nepal, on December 10, 2011. According to Hindu religion and traditions the dead must be cremated. Bodies are cremated according to custom and the ashes and remains are swept into the holy waters. The Bagmati runs into the Ganges further South and is considered equally holy to Hindus. The complex at Pashupatinath is the holiest Hindu site in Nepal.

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